GEN 1 Coupe Door Handles

[AL]

The junkyard

[bg35765]

I'm sure I'll get pelted with empty beer cans for posting this, but I'm actually really happy with my cheap ebay "made in China" ones.

I did have to grind a little off the bottom for it to fit, but that part is hidden by convertible trim on my car anyway. And they look really good.

I'm sure the Chinese metal is garbage. But my logic was that 3 month old junk Chinese metal will be stronger than 16 year old GM metal, especially after seeing how many of them at the junkyard were broken. My junkyard charges $15 for vertical door handles, but only $5 for normal ones. And I think I paid about $27 shipped on ebay.

[Covers hands with head and ducks behind desk]

[Garrett Powered]

the strongest ones are 22 year old metal and they are $5. then again my logic differs from that of todays ricer crowd. hey at least you did something for the economy stimulus. too bad it was a communist country half way across the world.

[Addicted to eaton]

i had 4 first gens befor EVER breaking one ( i broke the passenger side on the 95 teal Se i had.. i forgot it was locked lol, i thought it was froze shut.

[Artemis]

I've been looking over this thread for a solution to my problem. I'm sure it'll be somewhat straight forward. I replaced my broken door handle the other day... but the lock rod came loose from where its attached by the latch. Do I need to take apart the door or remove the panel to put it back, or just jiggle around and try to find where it goes blindly?

[White93z34]

you gotta pull the door card off to get at it. sucks, i know.

[Artemis]

you gotta pull the door card off to get at it. sucks, i know.

By door card you mean the panel? If so, not a huge deal.

[94 olds vert]

When I replaced my door handle, the lock rod also came loose. I was able to take off the door panel and put it back on. On my car there was clear plastic behind the door handle I just cut a hole in it and then when I got the lock rod back in I just taped it back up.

[radray64]

I'll be replacing the handle on my 93 Gp soon..its been acting up for years, I've even adjusted it some..that did help for a little while, finally the door was frozen shut, I guess I pulled a little hard and broke it...
I was thinking the hinges being worn may have something to do with the door being hard to open, but no one has ever responded like it could have been that..Been looking at this forum for years, thanks for all the good info everyone

[radray64]

Just Replaced mine today...Only one 1st gen grand prix at the junkyard and of course that handle was gone....went over to the Cutlasses and Buicks...Got one!
not much to it.... and 10 bucks got that done!!
Now the door Opens alot better than it has for the last three years....Not sure if something in the old handle was bent out of place though....

Whos been to Kentucky striping Gp's ...The GP did have a couple crosslasses on it though

[Afubar]

had to replace my drivers side door handle this past Monday. Went to Autozone on sunday and the part was in the next day. I had to replace the drivers side on my 94 Cutlass a few years ago, got that one off of Evilbay, one for each side, so the one I had in the Garage was for the wrong side. Dang. The 93 that I just replaced was a little harder than the 94. This one had a screw at the bottom left of the handle under the window trim peice. I got it done though. New one works great, real smooth.

I did have a small problem getting the lock back into it's rightful place along with that little lighted ring. It's still not perfectly straight, haven't tried using the key to lock or unlock the door, but I always use the remote anyway. The key never would work on the 94 even when I first got it in 97. Live in the desert and the blowing wind and sand had clogged it up. Any tips for getting around the tight wire and small working space in getting the fit better?

Thanks guys.
Kaye

[rich_e777]

Is there a company that makes these parts in America or is it all chiniese crap?

[BXX]

We dont have companies in America anymore. Only greedy CEOs